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Again"; "Fascination"; "When Am I Gonna Kiss You Good Morning?" Home: Hollywood, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Gruenberg, Louis, composer, pianist; b. Brest Litovsk, Russia, Aug. 3, 1884. ASCAP 1934. To U.S. at two. Educ: piano with Margulies and Busoni for nineteen years. Master class, at Vienna Cons. 1912-29. Debut as pianist Philh. Orch., Berlin 1912, Concert tours Europe and U.S. 1912-19. Chairman Composition Dept, Chicago Musical Coll. 1931-33, former president of ISCM. Member, Natl. Inst, of Arts and Letters. Operas: Volpone; Emperor Jones (David Bispham Medal; M.O.H., 1932), The Witch of Brocken; The Bride of the Gods; Dumb Wife, Jack and the Beanstalk (Juilliard Award); Helenes Husband; Green Mansions Orchestral works: Hill of Dreams; The Enchanted Isle; Vagabondia; Jazz Suite, Symphony No. 1 (1926; won $5,000. RCA Victor prize 1930); Symphony No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5; Music to an Imaginary Ballet; Nine Moods; Serenade to a Beauteous Lady, Violin Concerto (Heifitz comm. 1944); Violoncello Concerto (1949); Americana, suite for orch. 1945; Dance-Rhapsody for violin and orch. 1945. Vocal: Daniel Jazz, for tenor and chamber orch.; Creation, for baritone and chamber orch.; Animals and Insects (song-cycle); Four Contrasting Songs; also publ. four volumes Negro spirituals. Chamber music: two Violin Sonatas; Suite for violin and pianoforte; Indiscretions for string quartet (Lake Placid Club prize 1937); Di-versations, second string quartet (Coolidge Medal); Jazzettes; Poeme. Pianoforte works: Jazzberries; Poly-chromatics; Jazz Masks; Six Jazz Epigrams; Three Jazz Dances. Films: The Fight for Life; So Ends Our Night; An American Romance; The Kings Men; Quicksand. Home: 506 N. Foothill Rd., Beverly Hills, Calif. |
Gruenwald, Alfred, author; b. Vienna, Austria, Feb. 16, 1886; d. Forest Hills, N.Y., Feb. 24, 1951. ASCAP 1942. To U.S. 1940; citizen 1948. Educ.: high school, Real-Gymnasium (coll.) Vienna. Many years author operettas and dramas; drama critic on newspaper; collaborator as librettist, lyric writer. Operettas produced in U.S.: Countess Maritza; Yankee Princess; Circus Princess; The Last Waltz; The Rose of Stambul, Venus in Silk; The Laughing Husband, The Girl from Brazil; Victoria and Her Hussar; The Lady in Red; Hoheit Tanzt Waltzer; The Duchess of Chicago; Violet of Montmartre; other songs independent of stage works. Made German translations of many American songs for O.W.I, during World War II. Numerous European works translated into English. Address: Estate, c/o ASCAP.
Grunberg, Jacques, composer; b. New York, N.Y. ASCAP 1921. Songs: "Flower of the Snow"; "Love Dreams"; "Mother's Tears"; "Your Dream and Mine." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Grundman, Clare E., composer, arranger; b. Cleveland, Ohio, May 11, 1913. ASCAP 1950. Educ.: Shaw High School, E. Cleveland; Ohio State Univ., Columbus, B.Sc. in Ed. 1934, M.A. in Music 1940. Studied composition with Paul Hindemith. Played clarinet in high school band. Teacher of instrumental music, Univ. High School, Columbus, 1934; Lexington, Ky., public schools 1935-37. Teacher of orchestration, woodwinds and bands Ohio State Univ. 1937-41. In 1941, arranger and composer major networks, New York. World War II, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief Musician, 1942-45. Upon discharge resumed writing music for radio, films, Broadway shows, television. Conducted several radio shows, films and a musical review. Member: Phi |
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